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Karol Szreter plays Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique" (1/3)

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Channel: gullivior · 2010 · Music

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Karol Szreter
Born: 1898 in Lódz, Poland
Died: March 20, 1933 in Berlin, Germany

rec. 1930

Karol Szreter started out a child prodigy, making his first public appearance in his native Poland at about the age of 9. At age 13 he was awarded a scholarship to study piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire and he remained there until the outbreak of World War I. Afterwards Szreter completed his studies in Berlin with the great Egon Petri.
In 1926, Szreter made the first electrical recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, and by 1930 had recorded three of Beethoven's sonatas and a complete Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9.
Szreter lost his lifelong battle with leukemia at the age of about 34.

Karol Szreter plays Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique" (1/3)

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